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(No'ModeL) H. LIEBREIGH. CORNER PLATE.

No. 599,395. Patented Feb. 22, 1898.

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IIANS LIEBREIOH, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNEASSIGNMENTS, 'IO CHRISTAIN VOLZ, OF SAME PLACE.

CORNEPR PLATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 599,395, dated February22, 1898.

Application filed October 27, 1897. Serial No. 656,577. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HANS LIEBREICH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, in the county of \Vayne and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Corner-Plates andIdohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to-make and use the same.

My invention has relation to corner-plate protectors; and it consists inthe novel construction and arrangement of its parts, as hereinafterdescribed.

The object of the invention is to construct a plate especially adaptedto fit in a corner and thus prevent the collection of dirt and filth inthe corner, the plate being so constructed that by forcing it in itadjusts itself to the corner and retains itself in the position therein.The plate is preferably made of a blank, said blank being concaved, andthus when the blank is in position in the corner the edges of the platewill be curved and will appear more artistic than if they were straight.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perpective View of a plateor protector located in a corner. Fig. 2 is a sectional view out on theline 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the under side of thecorner plate or protector, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4: is a planview of the blank forming the corner plate or protector.

The corner plate or protector consists of a sheet of metal 1, said sheetbeing trihedral in its general shape and being provided with thethree-pointed end 2 2. At intermediate points between the ends 2 2 thepoints 3 3 are located, the said points 3 3 extending radi-. ally fromthe center of the plate 1tl1at is, before the points have been formedup-as shown in Fig. 3. The points extend radially when the blank isfirst cut, as shown in Fig. 4. The points 3 are bent back, forming thesections 4 and the points proper, 5.

The corner plate or protector, as shown in Fig. 1, is imperforated, andthe said plate is held in its proper position in the corner by means ofthe points 2 2 and the points proper, 5 5, of the points 3. The blank,as shown in Fig. &, is formed up in the top, as shown in the corner, andby pressing a convened object against the outer side of said plate thepoints proper, 5 5, are made to stick into the wood and also the corners2 2 are forced into the Wood,and thus the plate is secured in its properposition. During the process of forcing the plate 1 into its positionthe elasticity of the plate 1 permits the force applied to the convexedobject to come directly against the bases of the points 5 5that is, theinner face of the plate 1 (see Fig. 2) comes fiat against the inner faceof the portion 4, and thus the points 5 5 are driven in the wood. lVhenthe pressure upon the oonvexed object is removed, the elasticity of theplate 1 causes the inner face of said plate to spring out away from theinner faces of the portions 4; 4, and thus the corner-plate is securedin position, as shown in detail in Fig. 2.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A protector for corners consisting of a trihedral-shaped plate, saidplate being made of sheet metal, radially-extending protrusions locatedintermediately between the points of the plate, said protrusions beingbent back against the under side of the plate, the extreme ends of saidprotrusions being bent out at an angle to the inner portions of theprotrusions, the extreme ends of the said protrusions being pointed andadapted to stick into the wood and thus hold the corner-plate in itsproper position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HANS LIEBREIOH.

IVitnesses:

A. E. GLASOOGK, BERTHA L. DANA.

